Sniper Rifles

Sniper Rifles (manufactured by Maliwan, Jakobs, Vladof, Dahl, Hyperion, Eridian) are traditionally highly powerful guns with a low fire-rate and high recoil. Snipers are perfect for Zer0 but can be used with any character. Sniper rifle quality and characteristics can vary significantly based on manufacturer.

Maliwan rifles tend to focus more on elemental effects, which include: corrosion, shock, fire, and slag. Their chance to cause elemental damage as well as the actual elemental damage they cause is greater then any other sniper rifle.

Jakobs rifles tend to focus more on accuracy, with powerful shots, yet a slow rate of fire and reload. Some Jakobs rifles also have the best scopes, allowing you to zoom further than any other rifle.

Hyperion rifles tend to be a breed between Jakobs and Maliwan rifles, as they are extremely accurate and will usually be infused with some sort of elemental effect, all while packing a decent punch. As with most Hyperion weapons, the accuracy will continue to increase as you fire.

Vladof rifles tend to focus more on delivering the most amount of bullets as fast you can pull the trigger. Due to the higher rate of fire, these rifles are usually very innacurate.

Dahl rifles are usually equipped with burst fire if used while zooming in on a target. This allows you to place multiple accurate shots with a single pull of the trigger, although it also causes you to blow through ammunition. These rifles are also usually found with some sort of elemental infusion.

E-Tech rifles are amongst the rarest of all rifles (as most E-Tech weapons are) and tend to be found as "railguns". These rifles are usually extremely accurate, very powerful, and use some sort of elemental effect. A single shot from an eridian rifle uses up two sniper rifle ammo.